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DANIELS COMMENDSmfIBREST ENCAMPMENTFinds More to Praise ThertThan in Any Camp in AmermSea H* Has Visitsd.EATS WITH THE SOLDIERSFoodtlens Excgll*nt—ArrivesinPari* tor ConferencesBREST, Msrch 21.—Seer eta ty of thtavy Daniels. after invesrt»ai *'conditions at Brest, gavs The Assorts** FYe*a the following atatem*.**** I have spent a portion of two rsiaydays in the can*p at Pontanegen. tMrain* 830 day a oat of the •. .have avn more than 80,000 Am*rw» troop* encamped Jjere wading fur ' . harkauor. home, and have With scores of officers and many m2.juat from the front ' *•a solid boardwalk from tern- • . .7 mwhlah the marines are quartered 1m in The wooden barrack* whS soldiers sleep. I viaitcd the —.!*kitchens anf dining ’-’ZTL. “Odetsroom*pr*.in on*' oi me twelve km hi* large number 1* f, d |„ *Sminilf P« ami fliil onI eleven other kitchen* ' av ***1 «»t upon the bed* of the *oy^and ate my midday meat withTlie ineal was we!, rooked. palatdwj and plentiful, ami t*«•lt;'-d a- ... IMtyfood i ever ate in my life ru-i day meal consisted « i a large hetoZ,of roaat beef, maalied potato*«. ,uS2 rarTota, rich meat gravy, hr*-ad aw ding with raisin*, two Urge abejT, white bread, and a large cup j . •BVHHk • • Ji- vVi sOffered All They t »n Cat■ 0Vf*r th* ffttranrB * fn*Frrteni w hich freely translated mean* nw can have as much food as vgu % jg*‘go home right away, r Ai so** ond f: e* p 11 « r.v ■ ■ ■ .! more ** “------* * -* Jj at one timeI noticed a ir *• nr» nstm V';ngI chaps who rarn« for anoioer hgrn i I lust as they had been a? • •:i*tlt;vn#«t \9 a.with the food that n. .the u ..j to *«-r»i 1*1 w** harrt * ■’ m#«j hall whether the most popular oh rasawas A* much food as . j want „ * Home right away.’ b n *nen i to the soldiers. I found no difficulty ■ understanding that * Home right away*was the note that touched tl **ir Iwaru brought the most beaming smile, and -h* ■ heartiest cheering. *I The soldiers were ivtppv ; •« j »sy! them that Hear Admiral i? i'lst*ed haiJum received a message that ■: - f. « fthe German transports to •. ajr Aim/.m .in troops home halt;1 b« • n • omsdi-j *lonelt;l with a navy crew and thatlotiow. ir.** navy peraoaad I ready havlnc urrivwt nr «ri« ..rnan them. It heartened them to kaew fhat in the harbor of Brest was rfct mighty Leviathan, ready to carry 12.3W i soldiers home, and that f ir ba':u«. ( •hjpw were being coaled preparatory la : taking soldiers back home
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New York Times
New York, New York, US
Wed, Mar 26, 1919
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